Associated Press drops claim about ‘violent confrontations’ over Target Pride merch – IOTW Report

Associated Press drops claim about ‘violent confrontations’ over Target Pride merch

Wire service also didn’t tell readers it removed “threats to workers” from headline. Some media outlets still running original story with no evidence cited.

10 Comments on Associated Press drops claim about ‘violent confrontations’ over Target Pride merch

  1. Nowadays you just assume it’s crap from the get go with AP.
    I’m old enough to remember when they were a legit news source. It was some time ago.

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  2. Vetting news from three or more sources before publishing a story is a lost art! Used to be you could be fired for not doing so! Now it’s just put any old salacious tale out there!

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  3. Surprised they aren’t sounding the alarm over the stigma of “workers” as a defining characteristic. Oh wait, right, it’s OKay when “they” do it!

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  4. DIFFERENT TIM

    I’m 80 and I DO NOT REMEMBER WHEN AP WAS NOT PART OF THE UNIPARTY PROPAGANDA MACHINE. e.g. 69 years ago their “news” was all about white nationalist Ike and his OPERATION WETBACK unfair expulsion of “oppressed minorities”!
    to me this ws just bigoted, anti American propaganda not “news”!

    How old are you?

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  5. Once a story like this gets out there, every leftist will believe it and never see a retraction or correction. The original story will still be cited and believed by leftists. I am certain that the MSM knows this and uses it to further the narrative.

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  6. I’m 64. I’m referring to prior the internet when AP was a dominant force in all the newsprint. I agree 100% that they were dishonest then but nowhere near the extent we see today.

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  7. If there was actually violence in target, it was leftard on leftard violence because actual real conservatives don’t set foot in target stores any more.

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